Fitterling v. Johnson County Mutual Fire Insurance

This is an action upon a fire insurance policy. The case was tried as a suit in equity, resulting in a decree that plaintiff be paid by the defendant, insurance company, one-fourth of the insurance left after paying certain taxes and a fee of $50 to the attorney for the defendant, insurance company; that the remainder be paid to the defendant, Presbyterian Orphanage of Missouri, and that it should reimburse plaintiff in the sum of $16.50 for its proportionate part of the insurance premiums paid by him. Plaintiff has appealed.

The facts as nearly as they can be stated, in view of the failure of…